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Drug Facts

  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.

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